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  • BIRTHDAY EPIGRAM for both THOMAS SAYERS ELLIS (born 10/5/63) and BRIAN BLANCHFIELD (born 10/5/73) [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]

    October 5, 2013

    EPIGRAMFifty · and forty · and I’m forty-fiveThe nose and the swan are both taking a diveNobody knows who’ll be fit to surviveFifty · and forty · and forty-five•

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  • The poetry of Noah [by Rachel Barenblat]

    October 4, 2013

    In Jewish communities around the world this week we're reading the Torah portion named after Noah. (Here it is in English.) I can't really imagine that this is a comfortable Torah reading in Boulder…

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  • Poetry Forum: Tina Chang on October 9th, 66 W 12th St., Rm. 510, 6:30 PM, FREE

    October 4, 2013

    Tina Chang, Brooklyn’s poet laureate, will read at The New School’s Poetry Forum next Wednesday, to be followed by a Q&A moderated by David Lehman.  A graduate of Columbia’s MFA program and a native…

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  • A Selection of Contemporary Australian Poems (Week 1): John Forbes

    October 4, 2013

        Ode to Karl Marx     Old father of the horrible bride whose wedding cake has finally collapsed, you   spoke the truth that doesn’t set us free- it’s like a lever…

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  • In Shadow by Hart Crane

    October 3, 2013

    Émile Joachim Constant Puyo, Woman with white parasol, 1909. Out in the late amber afternoon, Confused among chrysanthemums, Her parasol, a pale balloon, Like a waiting moon, in shadow swims. Her furtive lace and…

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  • Another September [by Lera Auerbach]

    October 3, 2013

    Another Fall is falling on me. How many are still ahead? God knows… Does it matter?  Would I feel any different about this one if I knew it were my last? Would I still…

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